大体 meaning in English
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture
Meaning of 大体
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dàtǐ
- in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole
- overall situation; the big picture
- cadaver for dissection in training medical students
大体 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他的意见大体上说是对的。
His opinion is generally correct.
英国人大体上说都是保守的。
Englishmen are, on the whole, conservative.
在那个时代，男女发式大体相似。
In that age, men and women wore similar hairstyles.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
大 dà · big · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
体 tǐ · body · 7 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Related words
Words that share a character with 大体.
| 身体 | shēntǐ | the body; one's health |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 大量 | dàliàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大多数 | dàduōshù | (great) majority |
| 大海 | dàhǎi | sea; ocean |
Questions about 大体
What does 大体 mean?
大体 (dàtǐ) means "in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture" and is used as a adverb.
How do you write 大体?
大体 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 体 (7 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 大体 an HSK word?
Yes. 大体 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大体 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大体 is written 大體.